PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture 8: 8 - Intimacy
8 Dec 2015
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In adolescence there is a change in the nature of friendships. Individuals pass through a sequence of stages and interpersonal needs and social relationships. Attachment and working models: attachment relationships in infancy have long lasting effects, attachment relationships lead to our working models. Working models and affect attitudes towards others: implicit expectations about relationships that form in infancy, your general expectations about relationships, working models can change as you grow, meet new people, Large amount of research that adolescents who have had strong etc. intimate relationships in infancy have good, healthy relationships in adolescents. Do opposites attract: research suggests no, although that can happen, it is much more rare, high school friendships friends tend to me similar to each other on terms of demographic and social characteristic. What accounts for the similarities? important part of socialization: the closer you become friends, the more you"re influencing each other and becoming more and more alike.
